have the Midas touch

Fig. to have the ability to be successful, especially the ability to make money easily. (From the name of a legendary king whose touch turned everything to gold.) Bob is a merchant banker and really has the Midas touch. The poverty-stricken boy turned out to have the Midas touch and was a millionaire by the time he was twenty-five.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Weldon	WEL-dən	English
Vlastimila	-	Czech
Kumbukani	kuw-mboo-KAH-nee	Southern African, Chewa
Bogomil	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Sayyida	-	Arabic
BoŽA	-	Serbian